Re: The trade war changed everything
But SA was not entirely isolated. The US was VERY tardy in exiting Apartheid SA and Israel never did. Israel and SA were very tightly entwined especially on defence/nuclear terms. SA was looking seriously at obtaining nukes and going armed hermit kingdom.
A single guy in NZ designed and made a stealth helicopter. He made a big mistake though, he made it remote controllable and it then got classed as a cruise missile instead of a helicopter. He lost all his IP to his investors when it all want south. But the point is clever people in small countries can always to things.
Remember the Hamilton jet engine for boats was pefected by two brothers who wanted to mess around on the shallow, gravel bottommed braided rivers in Canterbury, New Zealand, you can't put an outboard in or have a propeller. Hamilton Marine are still going, you may have heard of them.
It spawned a motorsport which has now developed to custom built courses instead of using a digger to create them in the river bed. It's gone trans Tasman with legs in Australia. Small boats which can turn on a sixpence at speed with a crowd pleasing spray of water.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
